Reading

Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith are sisters. Mrs. Wilson lives in a house in Duncan
and Mrs. Smith lives in a condominium in Victoria. One day Mrs. Wilson visited
her sister. When her sister answered the door, Mrs. Wilson saw tears in her
eyes. "What's the matter?" she asked. Mrs. Smith said "My cat Sammy died last
night and I have no place to bury him".

She began to cry again. Mrs. Wilson was very sad because she knew her sister
loved the cat very much. Suddenly Mrs. Wilson said "I can bury your cat in my
garden in Duncan and you can come and visit him sometimes." Mrs. Smith
stopped crying and the two sisters had tea together and a nice visit.

It was now five o'clock and Mrs. Wilson said it was time for her to go home. She
put on her hat, coat and gloves and Mrs. Smith put the dead Sammy into a
shopping bag. Mrs. Wilson took the shopping bag and walked to the bus stop.
She waited a long time for the bus so she bought a newspaper. When the bus
arrived, she got on the bus, sat down and put the shopping bag on the floor
beside her feet. She then began to read the newspaper. When the bus arrived
at her bus stop, she got off the bus and walked for about two minutes.
Suddenly she remembered she had left the shopping bag on the bus.

Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Smith live?

A.   in a condominium in Duncan

B.   in a condominium in Victoria

C.   in a house in Duncan

2. Why is Mrs. Smith upset?

A.   because her sister came to see her cat

B.   because her cat died

C.   because Mrs. Wilson was sad

3. What did Mrs. Wilson do?

A.   take the cat with her on the bus

B.   put her gloves in the shopping bag

C.   prepare dinner for her sister

4. Who did Sammy the cat live with?

A.   Mrs. Wilson

B.   Mrs. Smith

C.   Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith

5. What time did Mrs. Wilson go home?

A.   when the bus arrived

B.   at 5 p.m.

C.   after she walked for two minutes

6. How did Mrs. Wilson go home?

A.   walked for two minutes before she caught the bus

B.   read a newspaper on the bus

C.   took a bus

7. What did Mrs. Wilson forget?

A.   the newspaper

B.   her handbag

C.   the shopping bag

8. Where did Sammy die?

A.   in Mrs. Smith's house in Duncan

B.   in Mrs. Wilson's garden

 C.   in Victoria

Past Simple/Past Continuous

1. While the forest ranger in the woods, a fire . (walk/start)

2. A murder of crows by while the farmer a scarecrow.

(fly/build)

3. While I my clothes, I my favourite shirt was gone.

(unpack/realize)

4. While I down the stairs, I the phone ring. (run/hear)

5. When her husband Sally dinner. (arrive/cook)

6. There an earthquake while Jeff to work. (be/drive)

7. Just as Frank his homework, he another assignment he

had to do. (finish/remember)

8. My husband the dishes when I finally back home.

(wash/come)

9. Someone Simon's picture while he on a bench. (take/sit)

10. Ted about the previous day when I into the room.
(think/come)

Prepositions of time

at in on
PRECISE TIME MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS DAYS and DATES

at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays

at noon in the summer on 6 March

1. Can you come Monday ?

2. It rains a lot winter.

3. My birthday is the sixth of May.

4. I usually get up half past eight.

5. I haven't seen her two months.

6. We usually have lunch one.

7. We've got English Thursday.

8. My grandfather died 1987.

9. Paul isn't here the moment.

10. I'll be back ten minutes.

11. I'm going to Italy a week.

12. Come and see us Christmas Day.